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Rangers have informed fans that confirmation has been received from Bayer Leverkusen regarding the second leg of their Europa League tie.

As reported on Tuesday night, the match at BayArena will be played behind closed doors due to concerns over Coronavirus.

Leverkusen is situated in the North-Rhine Westphalia region, which has more diagnosed cases of Coronavirus than any other region in Germany.

The first leg will go ahead in front of Rangers and Leverkusen fans at Ibrox tomorrow night, despite UEFA confirming earlier this afternoon that the Inter v Getafe and Sevilla v Roma Europa League ties are off.

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In a statement released this afternoon, Rangers said: "Rangers has now received official confirmation from both UEFA and Bayer Leverkusen that the return leg of our Europa League round of 16 tie will be played behind closed doors in Leverkusen’s BayArena next Thursday, March 19.

"Rangers regrets that supporters will have made travel arrangements but warnings and advice about coronavirus must be followed.

"The German authorities believe this is the correct course of action and Rangers respects their decision not to allow fans into the stadium."

Speaking at a press conference earlier, manager Steven Gerrard said: "It will only become a worry for us if our own medical people who we trust in this situation tell us that it's going to be a worry or a concern. That isn't the case as of yet.

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"We will just follow the instructions as we're told by UEFA and our own medical team and we'll do what we have to do. I think it's a concern and a worry for everyone worldwide.

"I have got the same concerns in this situation. It seems as if it's growing and growing. We'll have to take it day by day. We have a fantastic medical team in place and we'll trust UEFA entirely in terms of the protocol we have to follow."